"Let's get started, the show is about to begin."

Under Guo Qing'an's single command, the plan that had been discussed all night began to unfold, and almost all the secret police personnel started their operation.

Ling Zhenfei also dialed Huo Long's number, which was part of the plan, hoping to coax some information out of him. It would have been better to call Huo Tian, but Huo Tian was too cunning and might not be fooled, so he chose Huo Tian's younger brother, Huo Long.

Although it was still early, Huo Long obviously hadn't gotten up yet. It took two calls before Huo Long answered the phone.

"Hello, who is this, calling so early? Are you sick?" Huo Tian's voice sounded very angry.

"Mr. Huo Long, I'm Ling Zhenfei, I need to talk to you about something."

"Oh, it's Young Master Ling. What's got you in the mood to call me? Didn't I hear you were detained?"

Just mentioning that Ling Zhenfei was detained clearly indicated that Tianhe Group had already received the news.

"If I wasn't detained, I wouldn't be calling you. I'm limited on time, so I won't beat around the bush. Was it your doing that got me detained?"

"Strange, what does your detention have to do with us? Besides, if you have an issue, you should talk to my brother, why call me?"

"Your brother has wronged me so much, I don't want to deal with him. I am also a man of pride, and that's why I'm calling you instead. I think you are much better than your brother."

"Stop buttering me up. If you have something to say, say it quickly. You're delaying my sleep."

Huo Long seemed very impatient as if he might hang up the phone at any moment.

"Then I'll cut to the chase. I know that my Xishan Manor ended up like this all thanks to you. If I agree to your terms now, would you let me off the hook?"

Ling Zhenfei put on a very pitiful act, with the intention, of course, to coax some information out of Huo Long.

"Thinking of agreeing to our terms now? It's already too late. Who cares about your rundown manor? Just to tell you the truth, today Xishan Manor is finished, and so are you."

Huo Long's voice was cold, with a hint of mockery.

"Boss Huo, don't reject me so quickly. I refused your business before because I didn't know who you were, and I had no idea you were so capable. If you let me go, I promise to give you a good price. If you work with me for a year, I guarantee you a clean profit of one million."

Trying to engage Huo Long to prevent the kid from hanging up, Ling Zhenfei directly used his trump card, mentioning money to bait Huo Long.

Upon hearing the chance to make money, Huo Tian hesitated slightly. There's nothing in this world that money can't solve. Even the plot against Ling Zhenfei was because Du Kongting paid him, otherwise, he wouldn't even know who Ling Zhenfei was.

One million a year could tempt anyone,

"How do we cooperate? You tell me."

Ling Zhenfei was elated inside—Huo Long's words meant he had taken the bait.

"You must have also tried the vegetables I grow, and you know they have no side effects, right? They're simply delicious. My vegetables sell for five times the price of others on the market. Do you understand what that means?"

"Of course, I understand what that means. Are you suggesting I grow vegetables with you?"

"Of course not, you don't need to grow them. Look at my Xishan Manor, just a small farm with a few greenhouses, but each greenhouse can earn the money of five greenhouses a day. Moreover, my seeds not only produce tasty vegetables, but they also grow quickly. Others' vegetables take six days to grow; mine take three. Do you understand what that means? It means one of my greenhouses makes the money of ten greenhouses in a day."

"Is everything you said true?"

Huo Tian was deeply shocked. As someone with transportation experience, he knew what this implied. If it was true, then making money would be too easy.

"Of course, it's true. You've seen my farm, right? Always building greenhouses. Do you know why? Because it's too profitable. There's just not enough space—if I had more land at my farm, I could build hundreds of greenhouses and earn the revenue of a thousand with just a hundred. A thousand greenhouses would mean the money of ten thousand greenhouses. That's ten times the profit! Just thinking about it makes me laugh at night."

"Such a great business and you really want to partner with us?"

"Honestly, I don't want to partner with you, but I have no choice now. Xishan Manor can't survive anymore. I'm just asking you to tell the media and online forces to stop spreading rumors, or else I'm really finished."

Ling Zhenfei's voice sounded pitiful—of course, his goal was to make Huo Tian lower his guard.

"But we're not the ones behind the media and the online forces. It was Du Kongting who paid the media to tarnish you guys, those saying that eating vegetables killed people—that was our doing. I can make them leave right away."

Huo Long, being too young, fell for Ling Zhenfei's trick and accidentally blurted out the truth. Guo Qing'an, who was nearby, couldn't help but smile at this slip of the tongue—it was enough to arrest Huo Tian.

"So the media and the online forces really aren't from you?"

"Really not from us. Du Kongting's people gave us one million, starting with a deposit of half a million. They said as long as you are smeared and Xishan Manor is ruined, they would pay the other half. That's why I hired a group to display banners at your manor stating your vegetables killed people, and I even got a reporter to cover it."

"Boss Huo, if it was just those handling the banners, I really couldn't cooperate with you. I thought it was all your doing, but now that I know about Du Kongting being involved, I can't work with you. I'll talk to Du Kongting instead."

As he spoke, Ling Zhenfei pretended as if he was about to hang up the phone—even if he truly hung up, Huo Long had already revealed everything necessary.

"Mr. Ling, please don't hang up. How could you possibly talk to Du Kongting? He's not like me. He hates you to the bone and thinks about killing you every day. So, he won't possibly talk to you. Besides, Du Kongting is into drug trafficking, so he really doesn't care about your money. Does your vegetable business earn more than drug trafficking?"

Both Guo Qing'an and Ling Zhenfei were all ears; they hadn't anticipated this extra gain.

"Isn't Du Kongting the deputy head of Lin's Group? How could he possibly be involved in drug trafficking?"

Although he already knew about Du Kongting, Ling Zhenfei still pretended to be unaware.

"What I said is true. Our Tianhe Group is involved in the underworld business, so we clearly know these things. Our Tianhe Group's transportation vehicles have even secretly carried drugs for Du Kongting a few times. So, if you want to collaborate, you should still consider me. I can secure large plots of land for building greenhouses that will definitely be profitable."

Huo Long, completely oblivious that his words were being recorded by the police, continued to chat casually on the other end of the phone.

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